viewsat clone

[mountaineer]

Before you buy a viewsat, make sure you are getting the real deal.
The clone is 1/4 inch deeper and 1/4 of an inch smaller width wise, the decaling on the face plate is identical to the OEM, the depth of the faceplate is about 1/4 thinner than the OEM, Instead of a brushed silver metal accent there is mirror accent in place... with the same black casing as the OEM. The power switch is Horizontal compared to the OEM which is Vertical. Functionality is IDENTCAL to the OEM. After opening up the case you see the power supply connector to the PCB is different than the OEM. It weighs about a pound less, has stickers for the Extreme (or Platinum) and Viewsat names no VS logo between the Extreme and viewsat name, only one screw per side holding the top on, bottom has long slots not round holes for cooling, face plate about 1/4 inch thinner, paint was peeling off the top cover, none of the fonts on the front panel are the same as genuine box.and the front door opens. The back switch is also horizontal and on the Extreme there are no Y-Pb-Pr designations for component. In the below pics, red outlined areas are clones, green are originals locations.

[PETER2006]

I have a Viesat US2000 size is (11 3/4 x 8 1/2 x 2 7/16 inch) they told me when a buy it is not a clone

[PETER2006]

It is a Viesat US2000 platinium

[carpenter1]

Here are some pictures and info i got from another site. Thanks Stinger123. Hopefully this will help people out who keep asking how to ID a clone. If i have posted this in the wrong forum... mods please move it .. thanks.
NOTE: I posted the Clone pictures FIRST and the real VS last. Too lazy to post the pictures in the same order.

C & P ---------------------------------------------------------------

Hi, here are the pictures I promised. Let's begin with photos of the real thing. Later, I will post similar photos of the CLONE I was sold last week. If I figure out how to add the captions, I will. But for now, let me summarize the things I want to highlight in the following pictures.
1) Receiver Face view: notice how the LOGO is clean, bold and embossed right on the face of the receiver. Later, on the clone, you will see that the 'VS' that customarily sits between the 'Xtreme' and 'Viewsat' is faint or missing. Also, on the clone, the LOGO is on a transparent sticker- as if conveniently made to allow quick and easy removal. The photo of the clone will also show the hinged door open. On these 'real' xtremes, the door is permanently shut.
2) Receiver side view: real one has only one screw bolt on wach side (Clone has two per side)
3) Receiver Rear view: Real xtreme will have a 'clean' serial port - no attachment bolts on either side of the port. Also note that the on/off switch on the real one is mounted vertically. On the CLONE, the switch is horizontal. NOTE, my clone was purportedly also 'made in korea'; so don't believe that the sign denoting where it is made is any indication of the receiver's authencity.
4) Receiver bottom view: Real xtremes have circular holes; fake ones may have linear slits.
5) Inside view: Hey, no jumper switch box on the rear panel! WTF!! The real one has a card reader, my clone did not- but it had a jumper switch box! You will notice the build quality is better on the real one. On the clone, I had noticed that many of the resistors/capacitors - or whatever those little cylindrical things are, were slanted- as if they were pushed over or just hastily soldered in. My clone also had a number of small cooling fins mounted crookedly.
6) Remote Control: As reported by many others, the real remote is black, and although you cannot see it, the black remote is of better build quality, is bigger, and has a 'viewsat' label on it. The clone remote, which was silver, looked a lot like a Pansat copy.
7) Box Top view: The real box is clearly rectangular in shape. The clone box is much more square. I will say that the cloned box was of good quality: glossy with clean pictures of the receiver and listing of features.
8) Box side view: very similar to the clone.

Other important notes:
The real xtreme was wider by about 1.5 inches, and felt sturdier.
The real one came with a null/serial programming cable, disEq switch, remote with batteries and manual, rca connector cables. The fake came with only the remote with batteries, a manual similar to the original, and rca connectors.

[perezcuco]

Carpenter your pictures don't come up.Check them.

[tweaker]

Originally Posted by perezcuco

Carpenter your pictures don't come up.Check them.

Worse than that, the one I clicked on linked me to another website.

Definately check that one!...

[carpenter1]

Originally Posted by tweaker

Worse than that, the one I clicked on linked me to another website.

Definately check that one!...

Oops, oh well thanks for the heads up.

[phylop]

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I can't really tell by what mountaineer was saying like 1/4 bigger than and smaller than, what size? At the end I couldn't tell if he was talking about the clone or the real deal.
I also got six screws holding my cover on, I don't know what a pansat remote looks like. I don't know what a OEM is.
This unit is about 58 0z. and 11.1/2" wide and 2 7/16" tall and about 8 1/2 deep.
This seller told says that it is a xtreme veiwsat (not a clone) I've bought 2 of these and all the same except the remotes. This second one does not take the same programs to make it work. Both units has round hole on the bottom. Just want to know. Are these the real deal or are they clones. hopefully the picture come on.

[carpenter1]

The Pictures I just saw are THE REAL THING the only difference is the remotes #1 is a Viewsat Ultras remote and # 2 is a Viewsat Platinum and Extreme remote but all the remotes work with each other receiver. Now you sure they both say Extreme and both have the Korean Logo on the bottom.

[phylop]

Yep, both say "made in korea".
Also I make sure that I can clone one to the other.
I wondering why the one won't take the keys. (the new one.) manual and with the opkey. Just don't want to work. and thanks again.

[carpenter1]

Originally Posted by phylop

Yep, both say "made in korea".
Also I make sure that I can clone one to the other.
I wondering why the one won't take the keys. (the new one.) manual and with the opkey. Just don't want to work. and thanks again.

Make sure you load the 2061 factory file in it before the latest bin file and load the autoroll file so you don't need to load the keys.

[AKM]

Orinal comes with SUPERGARD batteries. Clone comes with any other brand

[car 24]

Is there aloader that I can use for viewsat I have Vista